NEW TAX credits for working families will be abused by benefit fraudsters, alleges the accountancy f...
NEW TAX credits for working families will be abused by benefit fraudsters, alleges the accountancy firm Grant Thornton in the Daily Telegraph this morning. New 16-page forms have to be used by families earning up to £50,000 a year to claim the child tax credit and working tax credit, which this weekend replaces the children's tax credit and working families' tax credit. However, Grant Thornton says at least 10% of the forms - which have to be submitted by April 6 - will be fraudulent. THE CONSERVATIVE Party is stoking pressure further and says families will be £500 worse off ...
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